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The Living and the Dead

A brilliant young couple inherit the farm and are determined to start a new life together. But their presence in this isolated corner of England starts to unleash strange, unsettling and dangerous supernatural phenomena that will start to threaten their marriage.

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Cast & Crew See All

Colin Morgan
Nathan Appleby
Charlotte Spencer
Charlotte Appleby
Malcolm Storry
Gideon Langtree

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Episode 1

59 mins

When Nathan Appleby inherits his family estate in 1890s Somerset following the death of his mother, he attempts to use his psychiatric background to cure a disturbed local girl, while learning to cope with running a farm in the age of mechanisation.

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Awards

  • 2017 - RTS West Television Award - Craft in Drama: Best Editing - nominated
  • 2016 - Best Photography in a TV Drama Award - - nominated
  • 2017 - RTS West Television Award - Craft in Drama: Cinematography - nominated
  • 2016 - BSC Award - Best Cinematography in a Television Drama - nominated

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